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  • Long Weekend (2008)
    Review preview for Long Weekend

    Without question an eerie and ambiguous piece.

    Anton Bitel · 3.5 out of 5
    Remake of the cult horror that sees nature turn predator.
  • The Loved Ones (2009)
    Review preview for The Loved Ones

    A joyous genre mash-up of John Hughes-style adolescent anxieties and drill-bit depravities (call it 'torture prom'), all married in McLeavy's wonderfully unhinged turn as a pretty-in-pink princess of perversion.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    The father of teenager Lola will go to any lengths to get her the boy of her dreams... including kidnap and torture. Plus read our with Robin McLeavy.
  • Pawno (2015)
    Review preview for Pawno

    An entertaining, bold little film with a clear voice of its own.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A day in the life of 12 residents of a Melbourne suburb.
  • Redball (1998)
    Review preview for Redball

    Best part of the film is the extremely stylish opening credits: don't arrive late.

    Trinity · 3 out of 5
    Two cops hunt a child-killer.
  • Storm Warning (2007)
    Review preview for Storm Warning

    The film moves along at a crackling pace and the action shifts slickly from gathering menace to outrageous violence without missing a beat.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Two yuppies run into trouble in an isolated farmhouse.

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